Welcome to the completely happy confluence that is the primary Friday of March madness and St. Patrick’s Day.
This promising day of cool and pleasing options sixteen males’s NCAA event video games inside the spherical of sixty 4 slate. Will there be any extra massive upsets? On Thursday, No. 15 Princeton surprised No. 2 Arizona and the thirteen-seeded Paladins of Furman upset No. 4 Virginia.
No. 14 Kennesaw State started the day with a shut to-upset of No. three Xavier, nonetheless the Musketeers rallied inside the ultimate minutes. The movement will not cease till round midnight on the East Coast with No. eleven Arizona State and No. 6 TCU tipping off at 10:05 p.m. ET (truTV).
as properly as, the ladies’s first spherical obtained underway. Aliyah Boston and No. 1 South Carolina obtained their title protection off to an excellent start with a win over sixteen-seeded Norfolk State. Fellow No. 1 seed Virginia Tech takes on Chattanooga at 5:30 p.m. (ESPNU). Caitlin Clark and 2nd-seeded Iowa face SE Louisiana at 4 p.m. (ESPNU). the ultimate video games on the schedule start at 10 p.m. ET with Gonzaga going by way of Ole Miss (ESPNU) and Princeton matching up in the direction of N.C. State (ESPN2).
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adjust to the madness: latest males’s NCAA event faculty Basketball Scores and Schedules
males’S event: full scores and schedule
ladies’S event: full scores and schedule
males’s ultimate: Connecticut 87, Iona sixty three
The No. 4 Huskies pulled away inside the second half for a decisive first-spherical victory over the thirteen-seeded Gaels.
The Rick Pitino-coached mid primary fell brief after a second-half surge from UConn. Huskies forward Adama Sanogo registered a double-double, main all scorers with 28 factors and including thirteen rebounds to go collectively with a block.
regardless of Iona connecting on 7 of sixteen makes an try from three-level differ (forty three.eight%), the Gaels had been out-rebounded forty five-29 and may not hold tempo with the Huskies down the stretch.
the sport was additionally briefly delayed late inside the second half after thought-about one of many nets ripped off its mooring.
ladies’s ultimate: Iowa ninety five, SE Louisiana forty three
Caitlin Clark continues to make a case for participant of the 12 months.
The Iowa star needed simply three quarters to doc the forty first double-double of her profession, and accomplished three rebounds shy of what would have been her first triple-double inside the NCAA event. With the extreme end result in the direction of fifteenth-seeded Southeast Louisiana by no means uncertain, Clark didn’t play the final 7:36 of the sport.
She accomplished with 26 factors, 12 assists and seven boards inside the ninety five-forty three rout.
The second-seeded Hawkeyes now play tenth-seeded Georgia, an upset winner over Florida State earlier Friday
— Nancy Armour
males’s ultimate: Pittsburgh fifty nine, Iowa State forty one
For the eleventh time in 12 years, a primary 4 group is dancing into the second spherical. And in response to educate Pittsburgh coach Jeff Capel, they do not appear to be ready for the music to cease anytime quickly.
The No. eleven seed Panthers opened their first-spherical matchup in the direction of Iowa State on a 20-2 run and didn’t let up. The Panthers earned a 18-level victory over the Cyclones, knocking out the No. 6 seed. Jamarius Burton, Nelly Cummings and Greg Elliott mixed for 34 of the group’s fifty nine factors.
Pittsburgh held Iowa State to 23% (23!) capturing from the sphere, blitzing the Cyclones to arrange a second-spherical sport with third-seeded Xavier (which is coached by former Pitt standout Sean Miller, no much less). The Panthers are simply three days faraway from hanging on to beat Mississippi State 60-fifty nine inside the event’s play-in spherical.
It’s safe to say nobody noticed this run coming from Pitt, given how weak the ACC has been all 12 months — nobody besides the Panthers, anyway.
“We’re hungry,” mentioned senior guard Cummings, who led all scorers with thirteen factors, whereas additionally handing out three assists. “We’ve been doubted all 12 months prolonged. as quickly as we get to this stage, we’re completely happy to show of us fallacious.”
Iowa State couldn’t get its offense going, capturing simply 2 of 21 from the three-level line. The Cyclones didn’t assist themselves on the free throw line both, going eleven of 19.
The NCAA mentioned Iowa State questioned if the perimeters had been diploma earlier to tip off. “constructing personnel checked it and made a minor adjustment earlier to the sport starting. We provided them further warmup time however they declined,” NCAA mentioned in an announcement to The Athletic.
— Lindsay Schnell and Cydney Henderson
males’s ultimate: Creighton seventy two, N.C. State sixty three
No. 6 Creighton pulled forward late due to a second-half emergence by Baylor Scheierman, who drained a quantity of three-level pictures inside the ultimate minutes.
Ryan Kalkbrenner led the Bluejays with a 31-level efficiency. Ryan Nembhard, Arthur Kaluma and Scheierman chipped in with 10 factors apiece.
regardless of a torrid effort from N.C. State’s Terquavion Smith (32 factors), the No. eleven Wolfpack shot simply 37.5% from the sphere and may not reap the advantages of Creighton’s streaky three-level capturing.
ladies’s ultimate: Notre Dame eighty two, Southern Utah fifty six
The No. three stopping Irish took care of enterprise inside the primary spherical.
Maddy Westbeld led all scorers with 20 factors for Notre Dame whereas teammate Lauren Ebo registered a double-double with 14 factors and 10 rebounds.
Megan Jensen was the lone participant for 14-seeded Southern Utah to full in double figures, scoring eleven factors. The group shot simply 35.7% from the sphere.
ladies’s ultimate: Michigan seventy one, UNLV fifty nine
The No. 6 seed Wolverines cruised to a 12-level win over the No. eleven seed woman Rebels on Friday. Michigan outperformed UNLV in all areas, capturing forty 4.1% from the sphere and forty.zero% from three. The Wolverines outrebounded the lady Rebels forty one-31 and made it to the free throw line 9 extra instances.
Emily Kiser and Maddie Nolan every scored 18 factors, whereas Leigha Brown added 17 factors. Laila Phelia accomplished two factors wanting a double-double (eight factors, eleven rebounds, one steal.)
Essence Booker led UNLV with sixteen factors, whereas Justice Ethridge and Desi-Rae youthful every accomplished with eleven factors.
males’s ultimate: Marquette seventy eight, Vermont sixty one
The 15-seeded Catamounts stored it shut for diversified of the sport, however No. 2 Marquette found its rhythm finally and rolled to a primary-spherical victory.
Kam Jones was a power for the Golden Eagles, tallying 19 factors and connecting on three of 4 pictures from past the arc. Marquette went 10-for-20 (50%) from three-level differ.
The Catamounts obtained their truthful proportion of three-pointers (eight of 25, 32%), nonetheless the Golden Eagles had been an extreme quantity of for the America East champions inside the spherical of sixty 4.
ladies’s ultimate: Maryland ninety three, Holy Cross sixty one
The No. 2 Terrapins had 5 scorers finish in double digits in a primary-spherical blowout of the 15-seeded Crusaders.
Maryland’s Brinae Alexander led all scorers with 18 factors, whereas teammates Abby Meyers chipped in sixteen and Diamond Miller and Shyanne Sellers accomplished with thirteen factors apiece.
The basket regarded like a hula hoop for the Terrapins. They had been 9 of 19 (forty seven.4%) from three-level differ and shot fifty two.2% general from the sphere.
ladies’s ultimate: South Carolina seventy two, Norfolk State forty
It was a dominant efficiency by the defending nationwide champions.
Star forward Aliyah Boston was comparatively quiet — tallying simply seven factors, 9 rebounds and two blocks — nonetheless the No. 1 Gamecocks obtained an ideally suited deal of scoring to roll of their first-spherical matchup. Zia Cooke and Laeticia Amihere paced South Carolina with eleven factors apiece.
in the meantime, No. sixteen Norfolk State struggled to make pictures. They had been simply sixteen of sixty one (26.2%) from the sphere. South Carolina gained the rebound battle forty nine-33.
Watch: Tom Izzo snaps whiteboard in half
Michigan State coach Tom Izzo took his frustrations out on a whiteboard inside the Spartans’ seventy two-sixty two first-spherical win over USC on Friday. He simply snapped the whiteboard in two whereas strolling proper into a group huddle after a heated dialog with a referee.
males’s ultimate: Saint Mary’s sixty three, VCU fifty one
The No. 5 Gaels pulled away after star VCU guard Adrian Baldwin Jr. injured his ankle inside the second half.
Mitchell Saxen and Alex Ducas paced Saint Mary’s with 17 factors apiece. regardless of the harm, Baldwin Jr. led the 12-seeded Rams with thirteen factors.
Saint Mary’s prevailed regardless of struggling to join from three-level differ. The Gaels had been simply three of 17 (17.6%) from past the arc. Conversely, VCU went 35.7% on three-level makes an try inside the loss. The Gaels gained the rebound battle 37-29.
ladies’s ultimate: Georgia sixty six, Florida State fifty 4
Diamond Battles had 21 factors to information the Bulldogs to an upset victory over Florida State inside the primary spherical of the NCAA event. Georgia, the No. 10 seed inside the Seattle 4 area, took administration with a dominant second quarter and stored the strain on the Seminoles, who compounded their factors with poor capturing and costly turnovers.
Florida State, who performed the sport with out main scorer Ta’Niya Latson who sat out with an undisclosed harm, was led by Erin Howard’s 19 factors and 9 rebounds, with Taylor O’Brien chipping in 15, however every participant shot 6-sixteen from the sphere.
The Seminoles shot 27 p.c for the sport and had been outrebounded by 10. Georgia strikes on and would possibly play the winner of host and No. 2 seed Iowa and No. 15 SE Louisiana.
males’s ultimate: Baylor seventy 4, UC Santa Barbara fifty six
Adam Flagler scored 18 factors for Baylor and LJ Cryer added 15 as a end result of the Bears blitzed UC Santa Barbara inside the second half to return away with a seventy 4-fifty six victory.
Caleb Lohner had thirteen factors off the bench for Baylor, and the Gauchos had been held to merely 18 factors inside the second half after main 36-35 at halftime. Baylor hit fifty five p.c of its pictures and compelled 14 turnovers.
UC Santa Barbara was led by Miles Norris, who scored 15 factors.
males’s ultimate: Xavier seventy two, Kennesaw State sixty seven
Colby Jones’ free throw with 18.three left gave Xavier the lead and Jack Nunge had a ultimate-second block to safe the win as a end result of the Musketeers erased a thirteen-level second-half deficit and held off the upset bid by 14-seed Kennesaw State, which was making its first look inside the NCAA event.
Jerome Hunter scored 24 factors and Nunge had 10 factors and eleven rebounds for Xavier, which went 2-12 from three-level differ. Xavier stormed again with a 15–zero run to take the lead with 4:forty seven left as Kennesaw State went larger than seven minutes with out making a discipline aim, lacking eleven pictures in a row.
Brandon Stroud’s two free throws tied the rating at sixty three and Demond Robinson’s jumper gave the Owls a sixty five-sixty 4 lead with 2:04 left, however Kennesaw State scored solely six factors over the ultimate 10 minutes of the sport.
The Musketeers transfer on to deal with the winner of Iowa State and Pittsburgh.
ladies’s ultimate: Arizona seventy five, West Virginia sixty two
regardless of coming into the event on a three-sport shedding streak, the Wildcats obtained here out refreshed on sizzling from the sphere. Arizona constructed an eleven-level lead inside the primary quarter and staved off a third-quarter rally earlier than pulling away as quickly as extra.
Senior forward Cate Reese led Arizona with 25 factors, six rebounds and two blocks, whereas senior forward Esmery Martinez — who performed three seasons at West Virginia earlier than transferring to Arizona — chipped in a double-double of thirteen factors and 12 rebounds, with two blocks.
ladies’s ultimate: USF sixty seven, Marquette sixty five, OT
We obtained free basketball for the primary time on this 12 months’s March madness when Marquette and South Florida went to further time inside the opening sport of the ladies’s event.
The Bulls rallied from eleven down late inside the third quarter, taking the lead on Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu’s three-level play with 1:21 left in regulation. A three-pointer by Elena Tsineke gave South Florida a 4-level lead, however Marquette’s Jordan King and Mackenzie Hare every made a pair of free throws to tie the sport at fifty nine and power OT.
Chloe Marotta, who led Marquette with 25 factors Friday, fouled out with 2:fifty six left in further time. The teams traded 1-level leads till seven seconds left, when Fankam Mendjiadeu made a free throw to place South Florida up sixty seven-sixty five.
Marquette’s three-level try was off goal. The Golden Eagles grabbed the rebound however couldn’t get a shot off earlier than the buzzer sounded.
— Nancy Armour
males’s ultimate: Michigan State seventy two, USC sixty two
Joey Hauser scored 17 factors as Michigan State held off the chilly-capturing Trojans seventy two-sixty two to advance inside the East area. The Spartans will subsequent deal with the winner of Marquette and Vermont inside the second spherical.
The rating was tied at 34 after the primary 20 minutes, however Michigan State started to take administration with a thirteen-2 run capped off by a Jaden Akins three-pointer with 4:24 left. Akins and Tyson Walker scored 12 every and A.J. Hoggard had eleven factors for the Spartans.
USC shot forty% for the sport and was led by Joshua Morgan, who scored 10 of his 14 factors inside the primary half, with Kobe Johnson including thirteen. Boogie Ellis, the group’s main scorer, accomplished three-12 for six factors, including six rebounds and 5 assists earlier than fouling out inside the ultimate minute.
No. 14 Kennesaw State wanting for upset bid, leads Xavier at half
Terrell Burden leads a balanced scoring effort for Kennesaw State with 10 factors as a end result of the Owls search for the upset and leads Xavier, the No. three seed, forty three-36 inside the Midwest area’s first spherical. Chris Youngblood and Spencer Rodgers paced Kennesaw with eight factors every.
Jerome Hunter leads Xavier with thirteen factors, as a end result of the Musketeers hit 1 from 7 from three-level differ and did not have an offensive rebound inside the primary half.
Michigan State and USC tied at half
Joey Hauser scored eight factors, and Jaden Akins and Tyson Walker every had six factors as Michigan State and USC are tied at 34 inside the primary-spherical matchup inside the East area. The Spartans led for all of the primary half, fully different than 1:31 when the Trojans used a thirteen-2 run to take a lead late inside the primary 20 minutes after trailing by 9.
Joshua Morgan, who averages solely 6.7 factors a sport, scored 10 factors to information the Trojans. The group’s main scorer, Boogie Ellis went 1-6 for two factors however has 4 rebounds and 4 assists.
ladies’s first spherical will get underway
the ladies’s discipline of sixty 4 was polished off Thursday evening time with No. eleven St. John’s and No. sixteen Tennessee Tech becoming a member of No. eleven Mississippi State and No. sixteen Sacred coronary heart as First 4 winners.
Friday’s first spherical kicks off with a Greenville 1 area matchup between No. eight South Florida and No. 9 Marquette. The Bulls are led by Elena Tsineke, who averaged 18 factors per sport and shot 37.three% from three-level, and Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu, who averaged sixteen.7 factors and 12.three rebounds. The Golden Eagles rely extra on sound protection to grind out wins. Guard Jordan King leads Marquette with 15.9 factors, 4.2 rebounds and 4.zero steals.
biggest first-spherical picks in ladies’s bracket
Deciding on first-spherical picks is an arduous process. it is rather important bear in thoughts seed positioning and sport matchups. for event, a group with a constructive first-spherical matchup that has the potential of going by way of a larger seed in thought-about one of many subsequent few rounds is in all probability an excellent decide. Why? as a end result of an unfavorable future matchup would lead to that group being much less tempting to choose as quickly as extra.
listed right here are 5 intriguing picks for first-spherical consideration inside the ladies’s event, bearing in thoughts matchups and bracket positioning.
- No. three Duke over No. 14 Iona
- No. 6 Colorado over No. eleven center Tennessee
- No. three Ohio State over No. 14 James Madison
- No. eight USC over No. 9 South Dakota State
- No. 5 Oklahoma over No. 12 Portland
— Richard Morin
Winners and losers from Thursday’s movement
that is what we would like on the primary day of madness: Brackets breaking all by way of the nation and double-digit seeds stunning everyone (besides themselves, at the least for these who’re Princeton).
however fully different extreme seeds regarded dominant — which is what they’re purported to look to be, particularly of their first-spherical video games. All of it is coming collectively to current an intriguing second spherical. however first, we’ve obtained one extra full day of first-spherical video games, which may current strategy extra chaos.
— Lindsay Schnell
rating Friday’s males’s video games
Curiously, the second day of March madness options all 4 of the No. three seeds in movement, and by extension all of the usually compelling No. 6 vs. No. eleven matchups. That’s the realm of the bracket the place first- and second-spherical chaos typically occurs.
right here’s the itemizing of Friday’s video games ranked by how watchable we predict they’ll be. however as quickly as extra, hold that distant useful in case lovely circumstances develop.
- No. 6 Kentucky vs. No. eleven windfall
- No. eight Memphis vs. No. 9 Florida Atlantic
- No. 5 Saint Mary’s vs. No. 12 Virginia Commonwealth
- No. 6 TCU vs. No. eleven Arizona State
- No. 7 Michigan State vs. No. 10 Southern California
— Eddie Timanus
Houston ruins title hopes by taking half in Marcus Sasser earlier than he was ready
That backfired in spectacular vogue.
simply 5 days after Marcus Sasser strained his groin inside the American Athletic convention event semifinals, he was again inside the Cougars’ starting lineup Thursday evening time. For a primary-spherical sport in the direction of a No. sixteen group.
In a shock to almost nobody, Sasser did not even make it to halftime. Now extreme-seeded Houston may not make it to the second weekend, not to mention to the ultimate 4 in its hometown.
— Nancy Armour
Alabama’s biggest opponent may even be exhaustion from limitless chaos
The athletics director issued an announcement at halftime. The most scrutinized 20-12 months-outdated in basketball couldn’t make a shot earlier than finally going to the bench to relaxation a sore groin. The stroll-on no particular person had heard of earlier than Wednesday evening time threatened to sue the mannequin manhattan instances. And the coach is shedding his thoughts on every dribble for two straight hours of a sport he didn’t come shut to shedding.
In fully different phrases, it was simply one other day in Alabama basketball.
— Dan Wolken
What’s a Paladin?
Princeton can have pulled off the largest upset Thursday, however thirteen-seeded Furman’s downing of No. 4 Virginia was a pleasing (besides you are a Cavaliers fan, in any case) start to the 2023 males’s NCAA event.
it has been an prolonged await Paladins males’s basketball followers. It was larger than forty years since Furman was final inside the event, and over forty five years since its final March madness win.
— Jordan Mendoza
straightforward strategies to look at NCAA event first-spherical video games
whether or not it is at residence, at a bar or at work, tens of millions of usa residents is in all probability tuning in to look at teams make or break their bracket.
CBS and Turner sports activities have the broadcasting rights to the males’s NCAA event and broadcast video games on 4 channels. Three of them – CBS, TNT and TBS – probability is you may know from broadcasting dozens of fully different sporting occasions yearly, nonetheless the remaining channel, truTV, is one which on an everyday basis eludes basketball followers yearly.
this is the place to get hold of TruTV, relying in your cable supplier or streaming service, and what video games is in all probability on the community:
What channel is truTV?
TruTV is in all probability found on a quantity of cable suppliers, and has the identical channel quantity nationwide on a quantity of of the suppliers. listed right here are the channels:
- AT&T U-Verse: 164/1164
- FIOS: 183/683
- Cox: Varies by location
- DISH: 242
- DirecTV: 246
- Spectrum: Varies by location
- Xfinity: Varies by location
For streaming, truTV may even be out there on: YouTube tv, iOS App retailer, Google Play, Amazon App retailer, Chromecast, Apple tv, Amazon hearth tv, Roku and Android tv.
Which March madness video games is in all probability on truTV?
4 video games is in all probability broadcast Friday on truTV in the course of the primary rounds of March madness. listed right here are the video games that is in all probability on truTV, as properly as to tip-off instances (in ET):
► No. three Xavier vs. No. 14 Kennesaw State (Friday, 12:forty p.m.)
► No. 6 Iowa State vs. No. eleven Pittsburgh (Friday, three:10 p.m.)
► No. three Gonzaga vs. No. 14 Grand Canyon (Friday, 7:35 p.m.)
► No. 6 TCU vs. No. eleven Nevada/No. eleven Arizona State (Friday, 10:05 p.m.)
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